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Fatal disease of sheep and goats that attacks the central nervous system, causing deterioration of the brain cells, and leading to the characteristic staggering gait and other behavioural abnormalities, before death. It is caused by the presence of an abnormal version of the brain protein PrP and is related to bovine spongiform encephalopathy, the disease of cattle known as ‘mad cow disease’, and Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease in humans. It is a transmissible spongiform encephalopathy.
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The paper implies that the mysterious disorders known as chronic wasting disease (CWD) and scrapie -- cousins of mad-cow disease -- could be transmitted in a hitherto-overlooked way, posing a headache for farmers.
Healthy deer can spread prion disease through faeces by AFP / AFP Global Edition
THE EUROPEAN Commission yesterday approved a series of special support measures to help Cyprus better deal with the problem of scrapie in its sheep and goat populations.
Commission adopts measures to help Cyprus combat scrapie by Cyprus Mail (Cyprus)
Mad cow disease in cattle, scrapie in sheep, and Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease in humans are some of its examples.
Imbalance of iron linked to prion disease-related neuronal demise by Asian News International
 
 
 
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